Mayak worker study: An improved biokinetic model for reconstructing doses from internally deposited plutonium

Radiation Research

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-122

  Leggett, R W ^a   Eckerman, K F ^a   Khokhryakov, V F ^b   Suslova, K G ^b   Krahenbuhl, M P ^c   Miller, S C ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Southern Urals Biophysics Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOKINETICS; CANCER INCIDENCE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; KINETICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROCESSING;

BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 22944479033     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3371     Document Type: Article

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